Riddles for Kids

Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

I have a pet, his body is full of coins.

You feel this sensation when you are dehydrated.

I am a sound made by felines when petted. What am I?

Only one foot tall but I govern you. What am I?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

I can be found in seconds, minutes and centuries, but not in days, years or decades.

What day of the week does an Easter egg hate the most?

What do people make that you can't see?

What heavy seven letter word can you take two away from and be left with eight?

I can be found in water but never wet. What am I?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

A toy that requires some string and a breezy day.

One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy. What is the weight of one brick?

You fill it and it empties,
A metaphor for plenty,
Depending on what half you see,
It's either full or empty.
What is it?

U always follow me but I am rarely seen. What am I?

It can be grown in your yard or bought at the store and is given for love when less is more?

This dish is usually consumed at breakfast time with milk.

Don't forget to do this before blowing out the candles.

Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

My body is timber and I am a boy among men.
I have a nose without end and an insect for a friend.
Who am I?

It's real until the trick is revealed.

What has a spine, tail, and leash but isn't a dog?

What do you call the mother-in-law of your sister's husband?

What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

When it was young, it had a tail. When it grew up, it had knees.

I come without being fetched at night, hides away as soon as daylight strikes. Although I may look small, I am much mightier than what you can imagine. What am I?

This noble creature has the embarrassing inability to get up once it's been flipped onto its back.

Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

I am green and ugly and come out at night with a crumple old broom. Who am I?

If you say my name i no longer exist. What am i?

What did one flag say to the other flag?

A king without a crown. What am I?

I contain words about words, some of which you've never heard. What am I?

Looks like a hippo crossed with a unicorn.

It is known as the best real estate for toys.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

I go from house to house, a messenger small and tight.
Weather it rains or snows. I sleep outside at night.
What am I?

I have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door? What am I?

I am constantly overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What am I?

How many days are there in 4 years?

The distance from the top of your head to the floor – standing up straight.

Shorter than my four siblings, but easily the strongest,
Sometimes I wear a funny hat.

I am longer than a decade and shorter than a millennium. What am I?

A beacon from home to guide your way.
It can be a lifesaver on a stormy day.
What is it?

We are five little objects of an everyday sort,
You will find us all in a tennis court.

Kids love this bouncy, sugary, treat. It's like colorful rubber that you can eat.

I am sometimes yellow and sometimes white. Half of me is dark and the other is light. What am I?

What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?

I am known for my natural tuxedo and marching. What am I?

I'm named after nothing, though I'm awfully clamorous.
And when I'm not working, your house is less glamorous.
What am I?

What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?

I have every color, but no gold. What am I?

Without what would everyone lose their head?

What goes up and never comes down?

What has ten letters and starts with gas?

What has hands but can not clap?

The faster you run, the harder it is to catch me. What am I?

I am a seed, three letters in the name,
Take away two and I sound quite the same.
What am I?

What falls but never breaks?

I keep things green and keep kids happy during summer time. What am I?

A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. Who am I?

Be sure to shout for its answers are weak, but there is no language it cannot speak.

What is the smartest state?

I love to dance and twist and prance,
I shake my tail, as away I sail,
wingless I fly into the sky.
What am I?

Of these everyone has ten, part of two wholes at the arms end. What are they?

When it comes in,
From sea to shore,
Twenty paces you'll see,
No less, no more.

The more you have of me, the less you see. Who am I?

What was was, before was was was?

What's that 7 letter word with thousands of letters in it?

I will disappear every time you say my name. What am I?

With head without hair. With mouth without tooth.

What has black spots and a white face, is fat not thin, and helps you to win, but tumbles all over the place?

One simple click, one simple flash.
Preserving a memory, for years I will last.
What am I?

When looking at the night sky
You’re able to see the moon
But you might need to use this
If you want to see Neptune

A locked sphere without hinges or key. Break me open and golden treasures you'll see

I am a nut with a hole. What am I?

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

What has two hands, a round face, always runs, but stays in place?

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?

Cycle Cycle Cycle.

It is a big and bulky mammal,
And has a trunk just like a tree.
Will store water in its nose,
Which is long and like a hose.

What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?

What kind of nail can be grown?

I am a portal to another world which you cannot enter. Only you can see me but I can't see you. What am I?

I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left.

I have roads but no pavement, rivers but no water, and cities but no buildings. What am I?

A weighty currency.

I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

What can get you there in eco style, pushed by your legs mile after mile?

What can speak without a tongue and listen without ears?

I run distances, often making many turns, yet I never move one foot. What am I?

When filled I can point the way. But when empty unmoving I stay. What am I?

What can be filled with empty hands?

I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall.

I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight.
He was not old, but he stood in the cold.
And when he felt the sun, he started to run.
Who could he be? Please answer me.

I get wet when drying. I get dirty when wiping. What am I?

What divides by uniting and by dividing?

I am often sold by children entrepreneurs in summer time. What am I?

I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects, but built by minds. What am I?